[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 11

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CHINA. On 5420, Oct 11 at 1240 music and talk in uncertain language, and SSB
QRM; 1248 sitar-sounding music, and I think I heard a bit of Russian, but this
WOOB hour is scheduled as the CNR-8 minority service in Mongolian from Beijing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Oct 11 at 1302, on 10450 ex-10400, fluttery carrier but no
modulation audible, presumably Sound of Hope. At 1304:30 carrier strengthened
when jamming transmitter came back on, and must be zero-beat. 1305 starting up
Firedrake modulation. At 1328 also a weak signal on 14700, presumably Firedrake
ex-14600 as Olle Alm reported yesterday. At 1403 checked 10450 again, when the
weak carrier with flutter had a bit of audio, and 1405 Firedrake resumed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. CRI relay, 13740, open carrier already on at 1354 Oct 11; well, not
exactly open, as accompanied by terrific squeal out to 20 kHz either side
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CZECH REPUBLIC. Interview in English with Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell made me
think this was RCI on 15350, tho not // CBC relay on 13655, Oct 11 at 1423, but
program ended at 1425 with ID as R. Prague! There is no 1400 English broadcast
on their schedule at http://www.radio.cz/en/frequencies#en except the WRMI
relay from WRN on 7385, so trying out a new transmission, or relay site? VG
reception, so could be Sackville, but no giveaway RCI IS before off at 1429*
when the transmission schedule in Czech was rudely interrupted. This is the way
they fill out the semi-hour starting at 1427. A small suggestion: would it not
be more appropriate and useful to give the schedule in English following an
English broadcast? And time it so it all fits in before cutoff. I will ask R.
Prague what`s going on here:

Hi Radio Prague, I was surprised to hear an English broadcast ending at 1427 UT
today Oct 11 on 15350. Good signal, and NOT on your website schedule. In fact
no English at 1400 shown except for WRMI 7385. Are you testing a new relay,
from where? Or was this direct? Anyhow, it`s working, so I hope you keep it
going, good time and frequency for us. And I wonder why you switch to Czech for
the transmission schedule announcement during the last 3 minutes of the English
broadcasts. And by the way, this was cut off before it finished, at 1429.
Regards, Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK, USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. After discovering RFI in English at 1400 on 6120 the day
before, I tuned in earlier Oct 11, at 1356: a mix of at least two stations, one
of which was surely Singapore`s Indonesian service. After 4-pip timesignal at
1400, RFI emerged in the clear, again with English, presumably via Japan,
instead of previously scheduled Vietnamese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** GABON. ANO harmonic, 19160, very poor Oct 11 at 1432 and could not even be
sure it was // 17630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. On 11880, Oct 11 at 1351 a ballad with Karaoke-style echo; at first I
thought it was in Thai, but announcement by YL at 1357:30 seemed to be in
Vietnamese, off at 1359* sharp. EiBi, however, shows this as KSDA in Khmer, on
Wednesdays and Sundays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. TGLT 4780 and TGMI 4800 were audible as late as 1225 Oct 11 with
Guatemalan music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. Maurits van Driessche had AIR on 15040 at 1530, no language
mentioned, as well as R. Farda. The latter seems unlikely unless a mixing
product, and I have not monitored at that hour, but I also heard AIR on 15040,
Oct 11 at 1313 playing some music with country and then jazzy elements; SSB QRM
from 15035 Canadian forces, Trenton with usual weather broadcasts. At 1314:30
an ``All India Radio`` ID, and closing in Burmese; after a pause, from 1315 a
YL in another language, Persian? Mentioned Afghanistan, so it is Dari as
scheduled, but not on this frequency. Cut off abruptly at 1318:45; the Dari was
just a runover. 15040 is not in the usual references at all, but AIR is
definitely there at least for the Burmese broadcast. Checking Jose Jacob`s A06
schedules at 
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/es/language.htm

We find:
Burmese 1215-1315 11620(Kh) 11710(Ki) Myanmar
and
Dari: 1315-1415 7255(A) 7410(Kh) 9910(A)
and no mention of 15040

However, at http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
updated 6 Sept we do find:

15040 100 Delhi (Kingsway) 1215-1315 Burmese (Myanmar) 
but nothing else on that frequency. During all this time, BTW, AIR was running
along with separate programming next door on 15050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. A bit of Korean music, 1233 Oct 11, fair signal, from KCBS on
2850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. Shiokaze, 9485 via Taiwan, Wed Oct 11 at 1307 was in
English telling an abduction story, with music; fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. V. of Mesopotamia is starting to be heard well again, 11530
via Moldova with Kurdish talk about democracy, Oct 11 at 1437; also with music
earlier in the hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA [and non]. Afternoon visitor check Oct 11 at 1325 found ANO 17630
suffering co-channel QRM with SAH; 17670 had at least two signals with SAH, one
of them in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. XEXQ, 6045, audible as late as 1402 Oct 11, with usual SAH (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. VOA, English, 6160, Oct 11 at 1254 finishing report or
commentary by André de Nesnera, with echo. Could well be both long and short
paths (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. Wed Oct 11 at 1256, just after tuning up from RNZI on 7145,
surprised to hear the RNZI bell bird IS on 7165, via a VOR program in Russian,
and then at 1257 a clip of rustic music mentioning Vientiane, Laos. Appears to
be a DX program on Golos Rossii, here on SE Asia service in Russian via
Vladivostok. What is the full schedule for it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare, on WWRB 9385, Oct 11 at 1306 was
over-modulated, distorted, with cross-talk and splattering. Aside from that,
superb transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Deewa Radio, Oct 11 at 1345 on 11510 Sri Lanka had several
mentions in passing of ``Voice of America``. Better than // 15645 Morocco, the
latter with a het on the low side; 11510 was running 2 seconds behind 15645
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Hunting Harmonics with Hauser: 2200, Oct 11 at 1229
American-accented talk, fading just above and below the high local noise level.
Very likely a domestic, 2 x 1100, at this late hour, rather than the Colombian
or Venezuelan heard here in years past. A note to self to go after this one
earlier before sunrise. Another to check out: a carrier on 2400 at 1232, but
could not pull any modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10340, Oct 11 at 1404-1410* open carrier next to AIR which had VG
signal on 10330. Just a note in case this turns into another broadcaster
instead of ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


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